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Developers are making a sixth attempt to build flats on the site of the West Norwood Tennis club. The council has turned down their plans 5 times and each time the developers have appealed to the Independent Planning Inspector who supported the council.

The council is likely to recommend accepting the sixth version of the plans (including 32 new homes, a gym, squash & tennis courts) to the Planning Committee on Tuesday 20th June 7pm at the Karibu Centre, Gresham Road SW9 7PH.

proposed view from Knights Hill

Local councillors and a group of residents remained opposed to the plans . Many people want to keep tennis courts on the site but think the proposed tennis club may be too small to be financially viable. As the development is car-free there are also concerns that extra parking by new residents & any club users will add to the pressures of parking in Cheviot Road and nearby streets. Please get in touch with Cllr Pickard if you intend to attend the Planning Committee: jpickard@lambeth.gov.uk

Developers are trying for the sixth time to get planning permission to build flats on the site of the West Norwood Tennis Club on the corner of Cheviot Road and Knights Hill . The plans include some sport & gym facilities.

A group of local residents are campaigning to get the Tennis Club renovated and open to the whole community. They have got the site listed as an Asset of Community Value. The group have outline plans, sources of funding and volunteers lined up. For details email Dan: d_lockeretz@yahoo.com

This is the fourth attempt by developers to get planning permission to develop the tennis club site. Previous plans have been strongly opposed by local residents and these new plans are scaled down from the developer’s first proposal to build 60 flats on the site.

Developers are holding an exhbition on Thursday 21st August of their latest plans for the Tennis Club site. Drop in between 7pm and 9pm to the Tennis Club at 128 Knights Hill SE27 0SR – on the corner with Cheviot Road.

It is expected these plans will be submitted to Lambeth as a planning application very soon when there will be opportunities to comment formally. For details email: sigmaplan@aol.com

An earlier planning application for 52 homes in a building up to 6 storeys high was rejected by the Planning Committee and by the independent Planning Inspector in 2013.

Sonia Winifred says ” If you are in London on 21st August do try to see these plans and talk to the developers about the new homes. The tennis club has been an irreplaceable resource for the community.”